Love and Bruises
✭ ✭ ✭
China, France · 2011
1h 45m
Director Lou Ye
Starring Tahar Rahim, Corinne Yam, Jalil Lespert, Vincent Rottiers
Genre Drama, Romance
Add to Watchlist
Please login to add films to your watchlist.
Hua, a young woman from Beijing, is a recent arrival in Paris. Exiled in an unknown city, she wanders between her tiny apartment and the university, drifting between former lovers and recent French acquaintances. She meets Matthieu, a young worker who falls madly in love with her. Possessed by an insatiable desire for her body, he treats Hua like a dog. An intense affair begins, marked by Matthieu’s passionate embraces and harsh verbal abuse. When Hua determines to leave her lover, she discovers the strength of her addiction, and the vital role he has come to play in her life as a woman.
We hate to say it, but we can't find anywhere to view this film.
What are people saying?
Users who liked this film also liked
Babette's Feast
(Babettes gæstebud)
A French housekeeper with a mysterious past cooks an exquisite meal for a circle of pious, stoic villagers.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Denmark • 1987
- Director Gabriel Axel
- Cast Stéphane Audran, Bodil Kjer, Birgitte Federspiel, Jarl Kulle, Jean-Philippe Lafont, Bibi Andersson
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video
Grave of the Fireflies
(火垂るの墓)
Can these two siblings beat the odds?
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1988
- Director Isao Takahata
- Cast Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi
- Genre Animation, Drama, War
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Summer Palace
(颐和园)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- China, France • 2006
- Director Lou Ye
- Cast Hao Lei, Guo Xiaodong, Hu Ling, Zhang Xianmin, Cui Lin, Zeng Meihuizi
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
72 Tenants of Prosperity
(72家租客)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Hong Kong • 2010
- Director Eric Tsang, Patrick Kong, Chung Shu-Kai
- Cast Jacky Cheung, Eric Tsang, Anita Yuen, Bosco Wong, Linda Chung, Wong Cho-lam
- Genre Comedy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Mystery
(浮城谜事)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- China, France • 2012
- Director Lou Ye
- Cast Hao Lei, Qin Hao, Qi Xi, Yawen Zhu, Zu Feng, Fangyuan Chang
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
The origin story of Furiosa and her decades-long fight for survival before the events of Mad Max: Fury Road (2015).
- Australia, United States • 2024
- Director George Miller
- Cast Anya Taylor-Joy, Tom Burke, Chris Hemsworth, Angus Sampson, Nathan Jones, Quaden Bayles
- Genre Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
La Chimera
Arthur, an archaeologist with a supernatural gift for locating Etruscan relics, reunites with a ragtag group of tomb raiders.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, France, Switzerland • 2023
- Director Alice Rohrwacher
- Cast Isabella Rossellini, Josh O'Connor, Carol Duarte, Alba Rohrwacher, Vincenzo Nemolato, Chiara Pazzaglia
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
The Beast
(La bête)
In a world where emotions have become a threat, Gabrielle decides to purify her DNA and rid herself of feelings.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Canada • 2023
- Director Bertrand Bonello
- Cast Léa Seydoux, George MacKay, Philippe Katerine, Veronica Szawarska, Tom Neal, Tiffany Hofstetter
- Genre Drama, Romance, Science Fiction
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video
The Substance
Fired because of her age, Elisabeth Sparkle begins taking "the substance," a black-market drug that will make her young again.
- United States • 2024
- Director Coralie Fargeat
- Cast Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Ray Liotta, Gore Abrams, Hugo Diego Garcia, Olivier Raynal
- Genre Horror
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Amazon Video
Thelma
When she loses $10,000 to a phone scam, 93-year-old Thelma Post sets out across Los Angeles to get it back.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- • 2024
- Director Josh Margolin
- Cast June Squibb, Fred Hechinger, Richard Roundtree, Parker Posey, Clark Gregg, Malcolm McDowell
- Genre
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Hoopla